Product Info Part 4
Table Of Contents
- APPENDIX D Precautions and General Procedures
- Special note and precautions
- General procedures
- Locating the pump fill port and the side port
- Venting the Minimed refill syringe (optional)
- APPENDIX E Pump Rinse Procedure
- Preparing for the procedure
- Remove insulin from the Pump and fill with NaOH
- Equilibrate and pull NaOH through system
- APPENDIX F Side Port Catheter Flush Procedure
- Supplies and solutions
- Preparing for the procedure
- Flushing the Side Port Catheter
- Program minimal basal rate
- Remove insulin and fill with rinse buffer
- Equilibrate and pull rinse buffer through system
- Flush side port catheter
- Remove rinse buffer and fill with insulin
- Equilibrate and pull insulin through system
- Remove guide needles and record refill amount
- Program new basal rate
- Remove rinse buffer from catheter
- APPENDIX G Stroke Volume Measurement
- Supplies and Solutions
- APPENDIX H Pressure Measurement Using The Side Port Catheter
- Supplies and solutions
- Measuring pressure in the side port
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Supplies and solutions
Prior to performing this procedure, assemble the necessary supplies and
solutions as outlined below:
Supplies
• Steri-Strips
®
and markers
• Local anesthesia
• Sharps container
• Safety glasses
• PPC
• Oral or IV glucose
• Glucose monitoring equipment
•Drapes
• One (1) scale - 0.01 gram resolution
• One (1) 250 ml sterile beaker
• One (1) sterile bag for PPC (intestinal or cassette bags work well)
• One (1) Side port locating template, MMT-4106
• Five (5) Refill kits, MMT-4105
• Nine (9) MiniMed MMT-4102 refill needles. (Extra needles
should be available to use as needed)
• Two (2) 10 or 20 ml Luer Lock
®
syringe
• One (1) stopcock - 2 way
• One (1) stopcock - 3 way
• Syringe filter with luer lock, 0.2 micro (long configuration - not
disk configuration)
• Chart recorder
• Pressure monitor
• Pressure transducer
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